Unknown c. 1970
Period of activity: From 1990 until Still active
Geographical classification: America > United States
Socio-cultural movements
Late modern period / Contemporary period > Feminism
Late modern period / Contemporary period > Artistic movements since the end of the 19th century > Art since the last third of the 20th century
Late modern period / Contemporary period > Socio-political movements > Pacifism / Antimilitarism
Groups by dedication
Writers > in > English
Plastic, visual and performing artists > Photographers > Photojournalists
Context of feminine creation
- Her work is framed within photo-reportage and photography of social denunciation, since it covers topics such as violence against women, catastrophes or the disastrous consequences of social inequalities and decolonization, namely wars and extreme poverty.
- Other photographers who have dealt with these issues are Donna Ferrato, Lynsey Addario or Jodi Hilton.
- As a historical example, we have Gerda Taro, a photographer from the Spanish Civil War and a pioneer as a woman war photographer.
New York photographer who has made photo reports all over the world, portraying situations such as natural disasters, systemic violence against women, refugee crises, famines or wars, in addition to dealing with other less extreme topics, such as foster care, the feminist struggle or childhood development. She has participated in numerous festivals and has received several awards for her work.
Radhika Chalasani lives in New York but works all over the world. Her credits include reporting from Vietnam as its isolation ended, the refugee crisis in Rwanda, the civil war in the Congo, Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy, the drama of the Vrindavan widows in India, and the famine in Sudan. In addition to conflicts and catastrophes, she also photographs other types of less extreme stories, such as spas for girls, the trips of Americans to Mexico to buy medicines or the program of raising puppies with prisoners Puppies Behind Bars.
She has participated in numerous festivals and received many awards for her different works. For example, with her work in Africa she participated in the Perpignan Visa Pour l'Image festival, and also received four awards in the Pictures of the Year competition in the United States. Her black-and-white reportage of the famine in Sudan received the Special Jury Prize at the Festival International du Scoop et Journalisme in Angers, France. She also received the American Society of Media Photographers International Photography Award in 2007.
She works for media such as The New York Times, Time magazine and CNN and she is a volunteer photographer for non-profit media.
This biography has been translated and adapted from the photographer's own LinkedIn page. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/radhikachalasani/, retrieved on 14/04/2022) and from her website. (http://radhikachalasani.com/about-radhika/, retrieved on 14/04/2022).
- Puppies Behind Bars (1998)
- Sudan Famine (1998)
- Spa Kids ( 2005)
- Hurricane Graffiti (2006)
WEBGRAPHY
Etxazarra, Leire (2021), "Fotógrafas que han puesto el dedo en la llaga al captar las mil caras de la violencia contra la mujer", Cartier Bresson no es un reloj, <https://www.cartierbressonnoesunreloj.com/fotografas-que-han-puesto-el-dedo-en-la-llega-al-captar-las-mil-caras-de-la-violencia-contra-la-mujer/> (Spanish) (retrieved on 25/01/2022).
"Famine", by Radhika Chalasani's "To this day, I think I didn't necessarily do the right thing" in “The Bystanders: photographers who didn’t step in to help - in pictures”, The Guardian, <https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/jul/28/gutted-photographers-who-didnt-help> (Spanish) (Retrieved on 22/03/2022).
Depending on the approach, she can be studied on the following subjects:
- English: based on articles such as the one quoted from The Guardian, reflect on whether people who report a conflict should intervene in specific situations. She can be studied taking into account her professional life or with information from her website, since everything is in English.
- She can also be tackled on Education for Citizenship/ Ethical Valuesto reflect on any of the issues that Radhika deals with: gender violence, wars, consequences of catastrophes, foster care, the situation in prisons, etc.
- Contemporary History: genocides, wars, famines and migration crises in Africa, heirs of decolonization.
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